Frederick Morris SPURDLE

1849 - 1914  (64 years)

• Name	Frederick Morris SPURDLE
  Birth	02 Oct 1849	New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	From 1867 to 1914	Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand   [4]
  Elected	From 1884 to 1886  [4]
  	Mayor, Wanganui, New Zealand
  Occupation	Manager, Wanganui Sash and Door Factory and Timber Company  [4]
  Death	17 Aug 1914	Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand   [5, 6]
  Burial	19 Aug 1914	Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand   [7]
  Probate	08 Oct 1914	Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand   [8]
  Person ID	I256	NZ Genealogy Project | SPURDLE Descendant
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	William SPURDLE,   b. 1805, Seaborough, Dorset, England d. 20 Feb 1871, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Sarah SIBLEY,   b. 1813, Seaborough, Dorset, England d. 26 Jul 1883, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	30 Jul 1832	Seaborough, Dorset, England   [1, 4, 9]
  Census	06 Jun 1841	Beaminster, Dorset, England   [10]
  Residence	Apr 1867	Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand   [11]
  Documents		1841 Census
  Family ID	F157	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Priscilla Fanny BROWNE,   b. 1852, Southampton, Hampshire, England d. 28 Mar 1927, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	18 Jan 1873	Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand   [4, 5, 12, 13]
  Children	+ 1. Helen Jane SPURDLE [Nelly],   b. 20 Feb 1874, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand d. 26 Aug 1934, Turakina, Rangitikei, New Zealand (Age 60 years)   2. Frederick Maurice SPURDLE [Fred],   b. 28 Aug 1875, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand d. 28 Feb 1876, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand (Age 0 years)   3. Alfred George SPURDLE,   b. 06 Oct 1876, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand d. 23 Jan 1877, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand (Age 0 years)   4. Margaret Fanny SPURDLE [Fanny],   b. 05 Mar 1878, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand d. 24 Jul 1956, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand (Age 78 years) + 5. Frederick Maurice SPURDLE [Maurie],   b. 11 Sep 1879, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand d. 31 Dec 1943, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand (Age 64 years) + 6. Kate Sarah SPURDLE,   b. 01 Dec 1880, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand d. 09 Oct 1955, Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand (Age 74 years) + 7. George Norman SPURDLE [Norman],   b. 31 Jan 1882, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand d. 17 Aug 1949, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand (Age 67 years) + 8. Alice Mary SPURDLE,   b. 29 Jan 1884, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand d. 15 Nov 1959, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand (Age 75 years) + 9. Ethel May SPURDLE [Tot],   b. 18 May 1885, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand d. 17 Oct 1956, New Zealand (Age 71 years)   10. Thomas James SPURDLE,   b. 30 Oct 1886, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand d. 12 Sep 1959, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand (Age 72 years)   11. Alfred Ray SPURDLE,   b. 26 Mar 1888, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand d. 31 Aug 1888, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand (Age 0 years)   12. Constance Ray SPURDLE,   b. 01 May 1895, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand d. 16 Aug 1950, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F173	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 02 Oct 1849 - New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand Residence - From 1867 to 1914 - Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Marriage - 18 Jan 1873 - Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Death - 17 Aug 1914 - Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Burial - 19 Aug 1914 - Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Probate - 08 Oct 1914 - Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  Headstones

  Headstone - Frederick and Priscilla SPURDLE In loving memory of Frederick Morris Spurdle, died 17th August 1914 aged 65 years; also his beloved wife Priscilla Fanny, died 28th March 1927 aged 75 years.

  
  

• Notes

  New Book 2022 - Spurdle Family History See details of a new book to be published in October 2022 Building a Future, the first Spurdle family in New Zealand Go to page with details on how to order.

  
  

• Sources

  [S122] Florence Mary Kenah, Raglan, NZ, William Spurdle - Sarah Sibley Family Tree, (April 1942). [S2] New Zealand Registrar-General's Office, NZ Register of Births - Indexes. Frederick Morris SPURDLE 1849 #99 [S118] Robyn Spurdle & Janette Howe, Spurdle Heritage, (ESA Publications, Auckland NZ 1992), Page 72. Copy of birth registration. [S118] Robyn Spurdle & Janette Howe, Spurdle Heritage, (ESA Publications, Auckland NZ 1992). [S31] Family Search, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), none. [S26] New Zealand Society of Genealogists, NZ Cemetery Records, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc 1985). Headstones, Old Public Cemetery, Wanganui. In loving memory of Frederick Morris Spurdle died 17 August 1914 aged 65 years; also his beloved wife Prascilla Fanny died 28 March 1927 aged 75 years. [S26] New Zealand Society of Genealogists, NZ Cemetery Records, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc 1985). Burials, Old Public Cemetery, Wanganui. Fredk. Maurice Spurdle buried 19.8.1914. [S17] David Bryant, NZSG Index, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc., 2005). Probate record [S36] Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages New Zealand, NZ Death Registration. [S123] 1841 England Census [database online]., (Ancestry.co.uk.), none. [S131] Julie Daymond-King, Spurdles in Two Newspapers 1852-1877, (Version 2, March 2005), Page 9. [S136] Jill Gilbertson and Dawn Bowley, Wanganui newspapers BDM extracts, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Auckland, N.Z. 2003.). [S162] Papers Past - The Evening Post (Wellington), (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. Volume VIII, Issue 303, 27 January 1873, Page 2. MARRIAGE. On the I8th inst, at Wanganui, by the Rev. J. Berry, Frederick Morris Spurdle, to Priscilla Fanny, eldest daughter of Mr, George Browne, Woolcombe-street, Wellington,